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• Japan faces nuclear-free summer, power shortage risks

  Mon Apr 11, 2011
  • The truth is that nuclear power is safer by far than any other source of energy. You get more radiation exposure from coal fired plants than you do from nuclear. In fact if coal had to face the same regulations as nuclear does, they would have to be shut down.

• This is why chimps didn't invent computers

  Thu Mar 1, 2012
  • I would like to see them develop a similar test for animals that exhibit collaborative capabilities like dolphins or humpback whales.

• US says it will hold nuke talks with North Korea

  Mon Feb 13, 2012
  • You mean like Iraq?

• US says it will hold nuke talks with North Korea

  Mon Feb 13, 2012
  • One (of many) mistakes G.W.Bush made during his presidency was his refusal to hold talks with North Korea. "We don't negotiate with terrorists" was his mantra. Yet North Korea was associated with any terrorist activities - unlike Saudi Arabia who we do constantly negotiate with.

• Nissan driving ahead with electric plans

  Tue Jan 10, 2012
  • Nissan sold Leafs as fast as they could make them. Remember the Tsunami? Stopped production for quite a while.

• Nissan driving ahead with electric plans

  Tue Jan 10, 2012
  • Geez Merlin, read some recent news. The Volt and Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi i all have 8 year 100,000 mile warranties on the battery. And that doesn't mean they stop working at 100,000 miles, just the range is down to about 80% of original.

• What kind of car are you going to buy next?

  Mon Jan 12, 2009
  • I already has made it through congress. It's all part of "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008"

• What kind of car are you going to buy next?

  Mon Jan 12, 2009
  • Unfortunately, the electric cars will need to be plugged in for 2 reasons, to charge, and to keep the batteries warm. Batteries lose efficiency the colder they get. Lithium are better, but they do have a limit as well.

• What kind of car are you going to buy next?

  Mon Jan 12, 2009
  • Yea, right. Tell that to the 100+ Tesla owners.

• What kind of car are you going to buy next?

  Mon Jan 12, 2009
  • WRONG!!!!! Even if all the power electric cars used came from coal, you still have less CO2 impact than gasoline. Plus, coal is all American, we don't import it. Can't say that about gas/oil. PLUS, you can generate your own, can't say that about gas/oil.